Affiliations
  • Member of the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA)
  • Reviewer, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema
  • Reviewer, Sightlines Journal
  • Reviewer, Screenworks
  • Adjunct Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Curtin University, 2017–2019
  • Documentary Producer, Perth Festival, 2017–2018
  • Interpreter for Takeshi Suzuki (producer, The Whispering Star), 2016
  • Review Panelist, Perth International Arts Festival, 2015–2017
  • Film & Multimedia Judge, Perth Fringe Festival, 2014–2019
  • Assistant Programmer (experimental film), Revelation International Film Festival, 2014
  • Assistant Programmer, Future Shorts WA, 2011
  • Lecturer, Japanese Animation Film Festival (Consulate-General of Japan in Perth), 2012
  • Lecturer, Japanese Film Festival (Consulate-General of Japan in Perth), 2009–2011
  • Director/Programmer, Cinema in a Cave, 2008–2012
Teaching Experience Please email for full academic CV.
  • School of Media, Culture and Social Inquiry, Curtin University, 2009–present
  • The Polly Farmer Foundation, Hedland Senior High School, 2019–2020
  • School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, 2017
  • School of Design, University of Western Australia, 2017
  • Curtin International College, 2009–2010
Guest Lectures, Presentations & Appearances
  • ‘Creative Research’, Creative Arts Practice, Curtin University, August 2021
  • ‘The Process as Outcome: Reflexive Cinema’, Creative Arts Practice, Curtin University, July 2020
  • ‘Slow Films’, Edith Cowan University, April 2019
  • ‘Minimalist Film from Warhol to Costa’, Edith Cowan University, September 2018
  • ‘Love Songs in Film’, Revolver, RTRFM, June 2018
  • ‘Lisandro Alonso’s La libertad’, Screen Actualities, Curtin University, March 2018
  • ‘Structural/Structuring Film’, Edith Cowan University, March 2018
  • ‘Truth and Fiction in Documentary’, Screen Actualities, Curtin University, April 2017
  • ‘This Used To Be Here’, Sightlines Conference, RMIT University, November 2016
  • Q&A with Takeshi Suzuki (producer, The Whispering Star), Luna Leederville & Cinema Paradiso, July 2016
  • ‘The War on Indirectness: The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On’, RevCon Academic Conference, North Metropolitan TAFE, July 2016
  • ‘News For Home: Sound and Music in No Encore and Three Hams in a Can’, TURA Totally Huge New Music Festival Symposium, May 2016
  • ‘WA Shorts’ panel discussion, Luna Leederville, December 2014
  • ‘Beyond Slow: The Problem of Realism in Contemporary Minimalist Cinema’, Cinematic Thinking Workshop, UNSW, November 2014
  • ‘Structural Film’, Experimental Screens, Curtin University, September 2014
  • ‘Innocence and Horror: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House’, University of Western Australia Film Society, August 2013
  • ‘DIY Art Cinema: Pedro Costa’s In Vanda’s Room’, RevCon Academic Conference, July 2013
  • ‘Baby Shoes, Never Worn: Screenwriting with Gaps’, John Septimus Roe College, June 2013
  • ‘Mamoru Hosoda’s Summer Wars’, Japanese Animation Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, March 2012
  • ‘Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko’, Japanese Animation Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, March 2012
  • ‘Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro’, Japanese Animation Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, March 2012
  • ‘Takashi Yamazaki’s Space Battleship Yamato’, Japanese Animation Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, March 2012
  • ‘Yoshinari Nishikori’s Railways’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2011
  • ‘Fujiro Mitsuishi’s Osaka Hamlet’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2011
  • ‘Shinichi Hashimoto’s Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, September 2011
  • ‘Rintaro’s Galaxy Express 999’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, September 2011
  • Art Film as Documentary: Lisandro Alonso’s La libertad and Los muertos’, ASPERA Conference, July 2011
  • Pollinate ‘Art of the Moving Image’ panel discussion, Propel Youth Arts, November 2010
  • ‘Yoji Yamada’s About Her Brother’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2010
  • ‘Sumio Omori’s Feel the Wind’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2010
  • ‘Takashi Yamazaki’s Always 2: Sunset on Third Street’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2010
  • ‘Tsutomu Abe’s Happy Family Plan’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2010
  • ‘Yojiro Takita’s Departures’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2010
  • ‘Kon Ichikawa’s The Makioka Sisters’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2009
  • ‘Keichi Hara’s Summer Days with Coo’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2009
  • ‘Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Still Walking’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2009
  • ‘Lee Sang-il’s Hula Girls’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2009
  • ‘Yoji Yamada’s All About Her Brother’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2009
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